Sister McCall Anderson: Welcome to the good life

Familia:

This week was a good one :)

As of now its 75 degrees and looks like summer and i loooooove it. That may be the main reason im so happy :)

I went on exchanges with Sister Nelson this week.. btw she is an STL so now both my trainers are STLs which is sweeet cause then we get to party on exchanges :) But we seriously had so much fun! I freaking love her and we were way happy to be together again. We got to go to the Mission Inn, which i have come to the conclusion that it is the California equivalent to Temple Square but it doesn't even come close to comparing to it, but regardless it was really fun! We sang Christmas carols with the youth in our ward and had a blast! Sister Nelson really helped with helping me not stress so much about the little things. I really have learned so much from her and i hope we get to serve together again some day!

Lisa didn't get married last week :( they were waiting for their IDs to come in the mail before they could get the wedding certificate so we were waiting alllll week. We prayed and fasted and prayed and prayed and they finally came on Friday :) So they are getting the license today and then getting married tonight! Then the baptism is all set for Saturday which is so exciting. She is so happy and can't wait to be washed clean. It's such an amazing feeling to see the Spirit really work in someones life. She was in such a dark place before and now she just has this light about her. I can physically see a change in her. She lookes healthier, happier and just better. It's so rewarding. The Atonement is such an amazing gift. I mean people who have committed sin after sin and just dug themselves so deep that they think there is no hope left, can be washed completely clean and start all over. It seems too good to be true sometimes! But i have really seen the Atonement apply in my life and especially in Lisa's. I KNOW that Christ did that because He loves all of us. He wants us back so bad, And He is just waiting to help us and to forgive us. It just takes us to make the first step of faith. Gosh the Gospel is just so perfect.

We had dinner with a family this week and we were talking about how hard the mission has been and how we haven't really had anyone to work with besides Lisa. He told us a very personal story about how on his mission his father passed away and some other complications were going on in the family. He told us that throughout his whole mission, he didn't have a single baptism. He wasn't trying to make us feel guilty or anything but it really humbled me. It really made me realize how lucky i am. He told us if the Lord wants it to happen it will happen. I realized i need to have more faith in Him and in His plan for me and for the people that i come in contact with. I was so grateful for this sweet member of our ward who listened to the promptings of the Spirit to share that experience with me because that is what i really needed to hear to help me get back on my game.

We talked to the ward council this week about doing a missionary week to help everyone get into missionary work and i think it will be really fun! We aren't doing it unil the end of February (lame) but i will keep you posted, it should be fun :)

Well i am excited beyond excited to skype with you next week! I wont be emailing next monday because we get to skype so don't expect an email. But i can not freaking wait to see you all and talk to you! I just pray that everything works out how it should! I hope you have lots of things to talk about :) I love you all and pray for you all every night!